Order of Man - Craft and Execute the Perfect Battle Plan ｜ FRIDAY FIELD NOTES

00:00:00.000 You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest. Embrace your fears and boldly chart

00:00:05.000 your own path. When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time. Every time.

00:00:10.440 You are not easily deterred or defeated. Rugged. Resilient. Strong. This is your life. This is who

00:00:17.240 you are. This is who you will become. At the end of the day, and after all is said and done,

00:00:22.800 you can call yourself a man. Gents, what's going on today? My name is Ryan

00:00:27.500 Mickler, and I am the host and the founder of this podcast and this movement, The Order

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00:01:13.040 We do our Ask Me Anything, which comes out on Wednesday, and then, of course, we've got

00:01:16.100 this show, your Friday Field Notes, where you get to hear some of the things that have

00:01:19.560 been bouncing around in my brain a little bit. Obviously, we're really focused right

00:01:24.340 now on goals and New Year's resolutions for a lot of guys, and seeing as how we're coming

00:01:29.800 to that point in the year, I wanted to bring this topic up, and I wanted to share with you

00:01:34.320 how I have been able to craft and execute the perfect battle plan. I'm going to explain

00:01:40.140 what that is. I'm going to break it all down. I got to be really honest with you guys.

00:01:43.440 This one, you know, it might be a little dry compared to what I've done in the past, but

00:01:47.640 I really need you to focus in on this stuff, especially if you feel like there's something

00:01:52.420 more out there, just something beyond your reach when it comes to the relationship you

00:01:57.200 have with your wife or your kids, your fitness. You may want to get some things in check there.

00:02:01.840 Maybe you're trying to grow a business or lose some weight. I don't know. I don't know what

00:02:05.500 your goals, your objectives are, but I'm going to share with you a tool that I have incorporated

00:02:10.120 into my life that I've tweaked a little bit, changed, and manipulated, and made this thing

00:02:15.140 work for me, and it's called the 12-Week Battle Plan. So, I'm going to break that down.

00:02:18.940 So, if you're listening to this as you're driving or working out, that's great. Tune

00:02:23.420 in, get what you can, but you may want to revisit it when you're somewhere where you

00:02:27.160 can actually sit down and write some of this stuff out. And then, of course, I'll share

00:02:30.820 some resources with you that you can utilize to help you improve your battle plan because

00:02:35.140 I think that's what all of us want. Frankly, you wouldn't be listening to this podcast if

00:02:38.460 you didn't want to improve your life, if you didn't want to enhance and get better

00:02:42.500 and level up and all the other little catchphrases that we use to get better at the end

00:02:47.380 of the day, just to get better. I know that you want to do that. I want to do that. And

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00:04:36.880 All right, guys, let's get into this conversation today. What I'm going to do, let me just break

00:04:40.680 this down real quick. I am going to go through this very quickly because there's a lot to

00:04:44.480 it, but I want you to get to it as fast as possible. I think some of these plans that

00:04:48.240 we see in goal setting planners and apps and programs, they're good. I think all of them

00:04:54.300 have some validity to them, but the more complicated and complex these things are, the less likely

00:04:59.300 it is we are to do them. So the planning tool and system that I'm going to share with you

00:05:03.260 today called the 12 week battle plan is very, very simple. It's very, very simple. And that's

00:05:09.260 the key. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. So we're going to talk about that. But what I'm

00:05:14.540 going to go through is vision. I'm going to go through objectives. I'm going to go through

00:05:18.400 tactics. I'm going to go through checkpoints. I'm going to go through all of it. So let's just

00:05:22.620 start from the top. Number one, vision and write these things down. If you're in a position

00:05:26.260 where you can take some notes, write these things down, but number one is vision guys

00:05:30.320 without some sort of vision for the future and what you want to accomplish. It's very

00:05:34.340 easy to just drift as the currents take you to and fro. And the current climate in society

00:05:38.400 says this should be important or that should be important. I mean, it's really, really easy

00:05:42.340 to get lost and caught up in things that ultimately aren't significant to you. They aren't relevant

00:05:48.400 to you. And yet we're told that, Oh, this should be important, or you should be doing

00:05:52.260 this thing. So what I would suggest is that you take some time every morning, I would say

00:05:57.660 every single morning and really visualize what life looks like. What type of man are you going

00:06:02.860 to be inside the walls of your home? What type of man are you going to be when you show up

00:06:07.140 for your company or your employees or employer or your clients? What does that relationship actually

00:06:13.180 look like? When it comes to physical fitness, what does your body look like? And more importantly

00:06:18.460 than what your body looks like, what are you doing with it? What are you doing with this

00:06:22.120 machine that you've been given? Are you lying around and stuffing your face full of garbage

00:06:27.620 and crap? Or are you out jumping on the trampoline with your kids and playing baseball and going

00:06:32.140 for five and six and 10 mile runs and doing marathons and, and, and you've got energy and

00:06:37.580 enthusiasm and excitement about the day. Like, what is it very specifically that this looks

00:06:42.660 like? And when I'm talking about vision, I'm not talking about tangible, measurable things

00:06:48.600 necessarily. I'm talking about the emotional element tap into your heart right here. How

00:06:52.580 do you feel? How do you feel about who you are right now? How do you feel when you look

00:06:57.040 in the mirror and realize that you've lost last the last quarter or so, 10, 20, 30 pounds

00:07:03.060 and that you put on a certain amount of, of, of, of muscle weight? Like, how are you actually

00:07:08.600 going to feel when you walk home and you walk into the walls and the door of your home and

00:07:13.460 your kids run up and they're like, dad, dad, they're so excited. And your wife gives you a

00:07:16.640 big hug and a kiss. Like, how does that actually feel to you when you pick up the newest client

00:07:22.800 that you've been fighting for, for the last year? What, what, how are you going to celebrate

00:07:26.920 that? What is that going to mean to you? The more senses that you can attach to this vision,

00:07:32.220 the more powerful it will actually be. And we've heard things like, Oh, you've got to find

00:07:36.040 your why. And you've got to, you've got to tap into that purpose. This is what I'm talking

00:07:40.060 about here, but I want you to make it as tangible as possible by writing it down, by articulating

00:07:45.080 what this looks like, by talking about how you're going to feel by actually going through and,

00:07:49.340 and, and thinking about how you'll celebrate the accomplishments. I remember, and I think

00:07:53.600 I've told you guys this before when I went and did this Spartan ago, a couple of years ago. Now

00:07:57.800 I had some very difficult times during the event itself. And one of the things that got me through

00:08:03.300 that was to visualize me making it through the 60 hours and then having the phone call with my

00:08:10.420 children. I can't even begin to describe how powerful that was. Not only did I get lost up

00:08:15.380 in the moment because I needed that, but it just kept me going. It kept me driving, knowing that I

00:08:21.120 would be able to make a call to my wife and kids and say, Hey, dad did it. He got his 60 hours in

00:08:26.540 and I envisioned what their, their reaction to that would be and how they would respond and how excited

00:08:32.020 they would be and how much that would mean in their lives. And by visualizing that it got me through

00:08:36.780 some very difficult times in a physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding situation.

00:08:40.940 This is a very small example of how powerful vision can be in your life, but how many of us

00:08:45.840 actually take the time to do it? You know, we wake up in the morning with just enough time to,

00:08:49.600 to, to shower and to shave and maybe grab a quick bite on the way out and kiss our wife and kiss our 0.99

00:08:56.020 kids in the forehead and, and run out the door. And then we sit in traffic and we get to work and

00:09:00.080 we're up to our eyeballs and activities and all kinds of things. We come home, we got other things that

00:09:04.320 we need to do. And then we go to bed and we start the whole thing over again. And if we have any free

00:09:08.220 time, a lot of guys, what they'll do is they'll just plop their ass on the couch or they'll dink

00:09:11.880 around on their phone or whatever it is they do. And they spend no real time thinking about what a

00:09:18.840 future might hold for them. So it's no wonder that in the next 90 days or 120 days or in the next year

00:09:25.120 that they're in the exact same position they are today. They spent no time figuring out how they're

00:09:29.340 going to get out of the rut in which they found themselves. So as much as it is that we should

00:09:34.820 get tactical with, with our battle plan, and we will, we're, we're going to talk about that here

00:09:39.440 in a minute, but it's really, really important, critical because nobody does it that you actually

00:09:45.020 sit down and you think about what the next 90 days will look like, what it feels like, what it

00:09:50.360 tastes like, what it smells like, and attach all of your senses to the next 90 days. So that's step

00:09:55.180 number one. Now, once you have that, we get into step number two, which is to create 90

00:09:59.500 day objectives. Some people will talk about what I'm going to do the next week or what

00:10:03.000 I'm going to do over the next year. I think a week is too short. It doesn't give you enough

00:10:06.360 time to do anything really all that meaningful and significant. But I think six months or a

00:10:12.360 year, it's too long and it's very easy for us to lose focus. We get distracted with other

00:10:16.640 things, priorities change, but I think 90 days is a great timeframe. It gives you enough

00:10:23.460 time to make big, bold moves, but not so much time that you lose interest in what those

00:10:29.580 things are. So I would plan on creating objectives in four key areas. I'm going to talk about that

00:10:36.200 in a minute. And I want you to write this down for key areas over the next 90 days, not four

00:10:41.200 months, not six months, not year, just the next three months. What is it that you're going

00:10:45.380 to accomplish? And the four objectives that I want you to write down are very simply this.

00:10:49.560 Number one is calibration calibration. When I'm talking about this, I'm talking about who

00:10:56.540 you are. I'm talking about getting right with yourself. I'm talking about confidence. I'm

00:11:01.100 talking about spirituality. I'm talking about the inner you. How is, how are you going to

00:11:06.280 show up? How, how are you going to get right with yourself? How are you going to be grounded?

00:11:12.040 How are you going to be connected to a higher power? These are the types of things I'm talking

00:11:15.880 about when I'm suggesting calibration. They might be certain hobbies that you pick up or

00:11:21.360 a certain level of, of reading that you engage in or a vacation that you might take. But these

00:11:26.320 things are a little bit selfish guys. The calibration objectives should be for you. And what I'm going

00:11:31.980 to do here towards the end of our conversation today is I'm actually going to go through and

00:11:35.340 just share with you my 12 week battle plan, just so you can get some inspiration and some

00:11:40.320 ideas flowing. So you need to come up with an objective in, in calibration. Again, this is

00:11:46.600 getting right with yourself, higher power, tapping into that. Okay. That's number one. Number two is

00:11:52.300 connection and connection is the relationships you have. It's relationship with your spouse,

00:11:57.200 with your kids, friends, colleagues, coworkers, neighbors, wherever you feel like you need a

00:12:01.920 connection with another individual. This is your objective when it comes to connection. And what I'll say

00:12:06.640 here is that I don't want you to come up with two dozen different objectives. I'd realize there might

00:12:12.600 be several relationships that you're working on and you certainly should. But what I want you to do

00:12:17.140 over the next 12 weeks is I want you to be hyper-focused on one, just one, not three, not five, not 10,

00:12:24.620 not even two, just one. Now that doesn't mean that you should neglect or shirk your responsibilities

00:12:30.560 or obligations with another relationship. You should be working on that. But for now, we're just hyper-focused

00:12:35.780 on the one. So we've got number one, calibration. Number two, connection. Number three is condition.

00:12:42.220 Condition is your physical health, your sleep, your nutrition, your diet, your strength, your exercise.

00:12:49.480 All of these things are critical. And that's what we're talking about when we're talking about

00:12:53.540 condition. So maybe over the next 90 days, as by way of example, is that you want to run a marathon

00:12:59.140 or you want to be able to deadlift 500 pounds or you want to get eight hours of sleep a night. I don't know.

00:13:06.700 I don't know what that looks like for you, but you've got to have this condition, objective, nailed down.

00:13:11.700 This is what I want to accomplish. This is the one thing that I want to do over the next 90 days.

00:13:16.400 And again, we're going to work backwards into how to accomplish this. So that's number three.

00:13:19.500 So number one, again, is calibration. That's getting right with yourself. Number two is connection,

00:13:25.700 getting right with others. Number three is condition. That's your physical shape and fitness

00:13:31.220 and your physical reality, if you will. And then number four is contribution. And contribution is

00:13:38.280 about being a man of value. It's about learning new skills. It's about getting your finances in

00:13:43.220 order. It's about getting degrees and designations that will help you add more value at home. And look,

00:13:48.240 or excuse me, at, at, at work. And, and what I was going to say is that some of the things that you

00:13:53.200 contribute to this world and become more valuable and some of the things you're going to be directly

00:13:56.720 compensated for. So maybe you're really trying to go for a promotion at work, or you need a new

00:14:01.720 designation, or you're trying to advance your career by shoring up your, your degree. Again,

00:14:07.080 I don't know what that looks like, but these are some, some options that you have when it comes to

00:14:11.060 what that objective should look like. Uh, so some of the things you'll be compensated for and other

00:14:16.040 things you frankly won't. Maybe, maybe there's some things that you want to do around your

00:14:19.840 community. Maybe you want to serve or coach a, uh, a youth team or do some mentoring. Some of

00:14:24.980 these things you aren't going to be directly compensated for. Sure. There's value in those

00:14:29.040 things for, for the people you're serving and for yourself, but this is really becoming more

00:14:33.260 valuable. And I've noticed that the more that I focus on becoming more valuable by learning new

00:14:38.000 information, by developing new skillsets, uh, by expanding my network so I can share with others,

00:14:42.900 the more that naturally and inevitably I I'm compensated either financially monetarily or

00:14:49.000 in some other means and method. So those are the four components again, really quickly go through

00:14:54.320 those. If you're writing them down, uh, you've got calibration, getting right with yourself.

00:14:57.880 You've got connection, getting right with others. Uh, you've got condition that's your physical

00:15:02.600 fitness. Uh, and then you've got contribution, which is becoming a man of value. So write those

00:15:07.400 things down. And over the next two, three, four or five days, hopefully be before next week,

00:15:12.740 I would suggest that you come up with one objective, just one, one objective in each one

00:15:18.820 of those areas. Now we know what our vision is like. We've got our four objectives and each of

00:15:25.200 these four categories. Now what we do is we begin to work backwards. We work backwards into the tactics

00:15:30.940 that will inevitably produce the results. Because what I see a lot of people doing is they'll focus

00:15:35.620 so heavily on the objective and they'll never work backwards into what they need to accomplish on a

00:15:41.120 daily basis in order to achieve that ultimate objective. So these are the things that you're going

00:15:47.420 to do day in and day out every single day for the next 90 days that will produce these results.

00:15:53.200 And by the way, guys, you need to be tracking this stuff too. There's something very, very powerful

00:15:57.020 and research even suggests that if you track it, if you measure it, it naturally will improve

00:16:04.280 and enhance. I think the quote is what gets measured gets improved. And that's been absolutely

00:16:09.040 true in my life. And of course the research backs that idea up. So I'm going to give you

00:16:13.620 some resources here towards the end, but at a minimum, you should have some sort of folder

00:16:17.080 or binder with this stuff or your computer app pulled up, whatever it looks like. I use a lot

00:16:22.300 of field notes and I write those things down in there. So wherever you're using it, write those

00:16:26.540 down there, but you're going to, again, work backwards into your tactics. So let me give you an

00:16:31.960 example. If, uh, if for example, your, uh, metric for condition is that in the next 90 days, you want

00:16:40.380 to run a marathon. Well, what's the tactic? There's a lot of different tactics, right? You could begin

00:16:44.440 to eat right. So you lose some body fat because that loss of weight will certainly help. Uh, you

00:16:49.900 definitely need to exercise. You need to consume water. So your body gets used to consuming the amount

00:16:54.800 of water needed to be able to run effectively. Uh, you could, you could run every day. I mean,

00:16:59.980 there's so many different things. So what I would suggest is that you have a couple of different

00:17:04.000 tactics. Maybe it's one, maybe it's two. I wouldn't recommend going more than two, maybe three tops,

00:17:10.200 because again, the idea here is that we don't want to splinter ourselves so much that we don't do

00:17:14.320 anything. We want to be hyper-focused enough in different areas so that we can produce results

00:17:20.660 across a broad array of our life, but not be so overwhelmed, uh, that we can't accomplish

00:17:27.820 anything. So if it's me and the marathon is my objective, well, in that case, I would say that

00:17:33.380 I'm going to run every day. Now, how much I run will vary from day to day, but that might be first

00:17:38.480 tactic. Second tactic is I'm going to also exercise every day. And third tactic is I'm going to, uh,

00:17:43.660 eat clean. Those might be my three tactics, but again, you've got your vision. Step number one,

00:17:48.360 step number two is you've got your objectives. Uh, step number three, you work backwards into tactics

00:17:53.720 and share this stuff guys too, by the way, share it on Instagram. I'm really active there. Twitter,

00:17:58.140 Facebook at Instagram. I'm at Ryan Michler, R Y A N M I C H L E R. That's probably our, where I'm 0.99

00:18:04.700 most active. So share there, uh, where else, where else? Oh, the Facebook group, facebook.com slash

00:18:09.680 groups slash order of man. Uh, and of course we've got our exclusive brotherhood, the iron council,

00:18:14.680 and we're doing this type of planning right now. In fact, later this afternoon, I've got a call with,

00:18:19.400 uh, 12 other guys to go through our battle plans so we can critique and help and flush

00:18:23.700 some of these ideas out. Uh, that's our exclusive brotherhood, which you can learn more at, uh,

00:18:28.040 order of man.com slash iron council. All right. So we've got step number one, again, vision,

00:18:35.060 step number two, objective step number three is we've got our tactics and then step number four.

00:18:40.380 And this is the final step I want to share with you today, but step number four is your checkpoints.

00:18:45.940 You need to make sure that as you're completing your tactics, that you're actually on the right track

00:18:51.700 is what you're doing, moving the needle. And if we wait until 90 days, if we wait until that last

00:18:56.140 week to, to see if what we did actually produce results, well, we don't have any time to change

00:19:01.860 or course correct along the way. So you need to actually be doing this on a 30 day basis. I would

00:19:06.980 say more often than not, but at a minimum a 30 day basis. So if one of my goals is to get to 15%

00:19:15.140 body fat. So if I'm at 20% body fat, for example, in 30 days, I should be at, uh, 18 or 17 in 60 days,

00:19:25.340 I should be at 16 or 17%. And then in 90 days at the end, my objective ultimately is 15% body fat.

00:19:32.820 Maybe that's high. Maybe that's low for you. It doesn't matter. This is unique to you. So you do

00:19:36.420 whatever it is for you, but, but break this up because having these small little wins 30 days at a

00:19:41.740 time, 60 days at a time, and then ultimately our 90 day objective is really, really critical in

00:19:45.940 helping you continue the momentum going forward. So that last step is to break it into 60 day,

00:19:52.000 excuse me, 30 day checkpoints, one at 30 days, one at 60 days, and then ultimately what you're

00:19:57.360 accomplishing at 90 days. It's pretty simple guys. So simple that I think a lot of people will

00:20:02.680 actually overlook it. I really do. I think people are looking for the latest gidget or gizmo or trick

00:20:08.080 or hack or whatever. And frankly, that stuff might work for a very short period of time, but

00:20:12.780 I've tried them all. All right. I've tried every program out there, every planning, every goal set

00:20:16.980 or every journal, everything out there. And I've taken a little bit from this and a little bit from

00:20:21.660 that. And I've created a system called again, the 12 week battle plan that has really, really helped me

00:20:26.080 over the past four years, produce some phenomenal, phenomenal results in my life. I am more connected

00:20:32.600 with my wife than I've ever been. I have a deeper relationship with my kids than I ever have.

00:20:37.120 Uh, my fitness is just as good, if not better than it was 20 years ago when I was in high school.

00:20:45.120 Uh, my business is thriving and all of this is because of the battle plan. I mean, it all comes

00:20:53.100 back to the battle plan. It comes back to the vision, comes back to objectives, come back,

00:20:56.880 comes back to tactics, uh, comes back to the checkpoints. This is the foundation for creating

00:21:02.960 a successful life. You may create a successful life without it. It's possible, but it's not

00:21:08.260 replicatable. And what I want in my life is I want systems that I know that I can just tap into.

00:21:13.060 I can plug into, I can utilize, and they're inevitably going to produce results day in,

00:21:17.920 day out, every time I tap into these things. And when I noticed myself getting a little bit off course

00:21:22.300 or not feeling like I'm doing what I should be doing, it's usually because I've fallen off the

00:21:27.140 wagon of doing the 12 week battle plan. Either I'm not tracking it on a daily basis or I didn't

00:21:31.800 have any vision or write out my objectives. That's the problem. And every time I come back

00:21:36.460 to the foundation of the 12 week battle plan, uh, it seems to work, seems to work and it seems to

00:21:40.840 produce results. So that's how you do it guys. Really simple. Now, before I, uh, I call it quits

00:21:46.120 for today, I got to pull this up on my computer because I wanted to share with you my 12 week battle

00:21:52.920 plan. And I don't share this a lot, uh, because it's personal, but the reason I want to share it

00:21:57.320 with you guys is because I really want you to understand what this looks like from a tactical

00:22:03.000 level and what mine looks like. And then hopefully this will, uh, this will flush out some ideas for

00:22:08.800 you. Okay. So I'm going to go through this, take it for what it is. It's my battle plan, incorporate

00:22:14.140 what works for what you, you think will work or leave what doesn't. Um, maybe you share other ideas

00:22:20.320 with guys in the iron council or on our Facebook group, but I think just sharing this with you will

00:22:24.680 help. So let's break this down one by one. Now, again, I'm not talking about the vision

00:22:28.100 because I've got the vision of my head about the type of man that I want to be in the type

00:22:31.220 of man I envisioned myself becoming. So again, that's step number one, but then I move into

00:22:35.100 step number two, which is my objectives. So for calibration, for example, uh, it's to successfully

00:22:42.700 complete two hunts. That's getting right with myself. When I'm hunting, I feel like I am being

00:22:48.580 more fully a man. Uh, it definitely uplifts and edifies me. Uh, and I just enjoy learning a new

00:22:55.080 skill and, and getting better and improving and doing something that I think helps me become a

00:23:00.140 better man. So my objective for calibration is to in the next 90 days, again, 12 weeks battle plan

00:23:05.240 here, uh, is to successfully complete two hunts. That's number one, uh, my connection objective.

00:23:11.300 So the relationship objective is to build a family business. My wife and I have been talking a lot

00:23:17.780 about this. Uh, my kids have been talking a lot about it and we've got some ideas in the spring to

00:23:23.200 create a small little family business that I really, really want my kids to be involved with

00:23:28.820 because this is for them. I want them to see how to run a business, see how to be successful,

00:23:33.300 how to create a business plan, how to execute a business plan, where the pitfalls are, where the

00:23:38.240 shortfalls are, what they do well, what they don't do so well. And so over the next 90 days,

00:23:42.680 I want to have our business, our, our family business, and specifically our child, our children's

00:23:48.180 business, uh, locked in. That's my connection objective. Now, some of these will overlap

00:23:52.240 because that also could fall into contribution, which is being a man of value and whatnot. But,

00:23:56.660 but that's where I really place it for, for now. But again, there, there could be some overlap here.

00:24:00.940 Uh, my condition objective over the next 12 weeks is 15% body fat. Now I've, I've really fallen off the,

00:24:07.100 the wagon here a little bit over the past, I would say 90 days. Uh, but really my goal,

00:24:12.680 is to get things locked back in. I've always had a little bit of a struggle with some weight around

00:24:17.620 the midsection. Uh, and, and I've done well at times and I've fallen off the bandwagon at times.

00:24:22.360 And I'm really focused on getting my body fat percentage down. And you know what? The other

00:24:27.320 thing is based on, cause I've already started my, my 12 week battle plan. And based on the trajectory

00:24:31.960 that I'm at right now, I will probably hit that 15% significantly earlier than 90 days, which is fine

00:24:38.100 because if I do, then I just go back and adjust. I just adjust the battle plan. If I lose 15%,

00:24:42.660 or excuse me, get down to 15%, uh, in the next 30 to 45 days, then I just readjust and okay,

00:24:50.640 well, maybe I need to get down to 12% body fat. So we can adjust along the way, but for now it's 15%

00:24:56.140 body fat. And the contribution objective is to purchase a new property. And this is a family

00:25:04.380 residence. Uh, and this is also a business property as well, because I've got some big visions again,

00:25:09.240 tapping into step number one, the vision, some big visions for what I want to accomplish with my

00:25:14.120 family. And then of course, within the order of man business. So those are my, those are my

00:25:18.640 objectives over the next 12 weeks, again, successfully complete two hunts, uh, build and

00:25:23.240 finalize the family business and my children's business. Uh, number three, 15% body fat. And then

00:25:28.880 number four contribution is to purchase a, uh, a new property that we actually have an offer on right

00:25:34.340 now. So we'll see if that's accepted. Uh, all right, now let's go into tactics. All right, this

00:25:38.920 is step number three tactics. So for calibration, uh, successfully complete two hunts is the objective.

00:25:44.140 My primary tactic, again, I have multiple, I'm just going to go through primary right now is to

00:25:49.080 practice archery at least 30 minutes daily. Now, if you listen to the podcast, you heard John Dudley

00:25:53.600 come on, uh, earlier in the week, and, uh, I'm actually going through his school of knock right now.

00:25:58.580 So I am on track and I am doing at least 30 minutes per day, uh, of archery and I'm getting

00:26:04.420 dialed in because that's obviously a huge component of completing these two hunts. So I'm doing this

00:26:09.300 thing every single day in order to complete my objective. Uh, my connection objective, build a

00:26:14.680 family business is that we are going to strategize weekly. We are going to be sitting down on a weekly

00:26:19.640 basis, uh, every Monday night, and we're going to be strategizing this stuff. We're going to be

00:26:23.240 hashing this stuff out and we're going to have somewhat of a board meeting, if you will, every single

00:26:27.400 Monday. And then that will help us identify what tactics need to be completed for that week,

00:26:32.540 because these things are going to be completely, they're going to be changing over time based on

00:26:37.280 what needs to be get done. So I strategize weekly and then, um, and then, and then we come up with

00:26:44.440 the tactics from there. Once we figured out what the strategy is for the week. Okay. Uh, my condition

00:26:49.440 objective, my primary tactic is clean eating. It's clean dieting. That's it because I already work out.

00:26:55.960 I already run. I already do that stuff. Your tactics shouldn't be the things that you're

00:26:59.220 already doing because you've already got those things locked in. Uh, your tactics should be the

00:27:02.960 things that you really need to focus on. Maybe that aren't dialed in as, as good as they should be.

00:27:06.940 And so for me, you know, I like to, I like the, the big bowl of ice cream. Uh, I will eat an entire

00:27:13.160 bag of chips and salsa at the end of the night. It's just like my kryptonite or whatever, but I will down

00:27:20.120 the entire thing of ice cream and the entire bag of chips. So for me, clean dieting is something I

00:27:25.840 always, always struggle with. I'm incorporating some intermittent fasting in there as well.

00:27:30.140 Uh, but that is, that is my tactic is clean dieting and clean eating. And then the fourth

00:27:34.320 component, uh, again, my contribution objective is to purchase the property. My primary tactic here,

00:27:39.760 and this will probably change, but for now it's to grow our savings and our investment pool by at

00:27:46.520 least $200 per day. Very, very tangible. Uh, I can go in and measure that. I can see, do I have

00:27:52.320 $200 more in the account today than I did yesterday and so on and so forth. Very, very easy, uh, for me

00:27:58.540 to, to measure that. So that's it. Now let's go into the last component of this, which is, uh, our

00:28:06.060 checkpoints along the way calibration objective. And guys, I hope I'm not boring you here. I told you

00:28:11.200 this one's going to be a little dry compared to maybe what it usually is, but it's critical. All right.

00:28:15.380 This stuff is critical. You've got to get this stuff locked down. And the more that you can get

00:28:20.100 this lockdown, the more that we can focus on some other things that maybe are, are, are not so dry

00:28:24.520 or not so boring, but these little things are critical. So the calibration objective successfully

00:28:29.060 complete two hunts. The 30 day checkpoint is that my cow elk hunt is successful. 60 day checkpoint is

00:28:34.980 that my mule deer hunt is a success. And those are the checkpoints along the way. Uh, connection

00:28:40.420 objective is to build a family business. Uh, my 30 day checkpoint is to have our spring business

00:28:45.300 plan complete, uh, and everything finalized with regards to, uh, marketing and the website set

00:28:50.900 up and everything else. And then the 60 day checkpoint is to have the fall component, the fall

00:28:55.380 business plan complete and finalized. So those are my checkpoints there. Uh, condition objective

00:29:00.640 is in 30 days. I should be at, at least, or excuse me, at, at the most, uh, 21 body fat or 21%

00:29:08.660 body fat, if not less by the next 30 days. Uh, and then my 60 day, uh, checkpoint is to be

00:29:15.060 no more than 18% body fat. Like I said, I think I'm going to be well ahead of that based on the

00:29:20.060 trajectory I'm on right now. Uh, and I'll adjust along the way, but that's my checkpoints for now.

00:29:24.460 You got to have that foundation. And then the contribution objective, uh, for purchasing a new

00:29:29.740 property is in 30 days, the financing will be secured. Everything will be approved. And then in 60 days,

00:29:36.360 we will close on the property. And from there, I think in, in, uh, in 90 days, if all goes right,

00:29:42.120 according to plan, anyways, uh, we will be moving and we will be moved in, uh, in the next 90 days.

00:29:48.400 So there it is guys. That's a lot, man. I went through a lot. Um, what I would suggest is again,

00:29:54.840 if you're, if you're driving or if you're listening to this as you're working out, it gives you some

00:30:00.540 insight anyways, but I would go back and I would review this. Uh, let me just share with you again,

00:30:04.820 real quick, just so you have a recap. Number one is vision, really thinking about, uh, what it is

00:30:10.280 you want to accomplish and what type of man you want to be. The more, the deep, the more, more deep

00:30:14.300 that you can get in this, uh, the more connected you are to your senses, the better off this is

00:30:18.400 going to be. Uh, step number two is creating your objectives in each one of those areas,

00:30:22.640 calibration, connection, condition, and contribution. Uh, step number three is your primary tactic,

00:30:29.900 what you're going to do on a daily basis in order to accomplish set objective. And then step number

00:30:35.800 four are your checkpoints, 30 day checkpoint, 60 day checkpoint guys, get it worked out, get it planned

00:30:41.360 out, get it mapped out. Uh, if you want some help along the way, you can certainly do that in our

00:30:45.220 Facebook group and share what it is you're doing. Uh, if you want a little more accountability and

00:30:49.220 you want the structure and you want the actual tools because I'm looking at it as it's pulled up

00:30:52.960 here, it's a spreadsheet that will allow you to track on a daily basis, what it is you're trying to

00:30:56.200 accomplish. Then I would highly, highly recommend and suggest that you join, uh, the iron council.

00:31:02.320 This is our exclusive brotherhood. Uh, we, we are this week, uh, going through these objectives

00:31:07.340 as individual members and then sharing it with our battle teams. And we're flushing these things out

00:31:11.620 and sharing ideas with each other and really just trying to make sure that we're doing big things

00:31:15.820 because a lot of guys that talk out there, everybody talks, Oh, this is what I'm going to

00:31:18.960 complete this year. And this is how great 2019 is going to be. And 2018 was just my warmup. And while I

00:31:24.320 appreciate the sentiments, uh, very rarely does it play out like that. I'm not interested in that.

00:31:28.760 I'm interested in getting the thing done, getting the work done. And the way that we do that

00:31:32.800 is by executing this battle plan, tracking it on a daily basis and having some accountability in your

00:31:39.000 life to ensure that you're on the right track and maybe get the kick in the pants you need.

00:31:43.240 If you happen to get off track, like we all do from time to time, and you're going to find all of

00:31:47.780 the programming and the tools and the system and the resources, uh, in order to accomplish that inside

00:31:52.760 the iron council. So if you're interested in that head to, uh, order of man.com slash iron council.

00:31:57.760 And I'm always hesitant to say this because I want you to stick around in there, of course,

00:32:00.900 but even if you want to try it out for 30 days, you know, come join us for the next 30 days,

00:32:05.600 get your battle plan figured out, join a team, have some guys, hold you accountable for the next 30

00:32:09.200 days. And then you can evaluate, is this something that's valuable in my life? Cool. Keep doing it.

00:32:13.040 If it's not, that's fine. At least you have the battle plan. Now you have the information

00:32:16.140 and you know how to, uh, how to create and produce big things in your life moving forward. And maybe you can

00:32:21.820 do it on your own. I don't know. Anyways, guys, check it out. The iron council, uh, excuse me,

00:32:25.720 order of man.com slash iron council. So guys, that's what I've got for you today. I hope that

00:32:30.140 you have a great Friday. I would really, really encourage you, uh, to sit down this week, this

00:32:36.680 weekend. You've got some time, hopefully this weekend. And I know a lot of you guys probably

00:32:40.120 have some time off as we move into Christmas next week. So take some time, you know, don't,

00:32:44.060 don't waste that time. You might be off and you might be wanting to eat and sit around and be lazy and do

00:32:48.280 all the things that we do during the holidays, but man, don't waste that time. Use this

00:32:51.480 opportunity that you have. And it is on an opportunity to think about what you want to

00:32:55.840 accomplish moving into the new year and certainly don't wait for the new year, but get this stuff

00:33:00.800 done now, get it taken care of now. And hopefully you'll hit the ground running. All right. Let me

00:33:04.980 know what you think. If you've got some feedback for me, I'm always open to that stuff in Facebook

00:33:08.780 land, which is facebook.com slash groups slash order of man Instagram, which is where I'm most active

00:33:14.680 at Ryan Mickler and where else Twitter. Uh, yeah, that's, that's it. You can always go to our,

00:33:21.540 our headquarters, our home base, which is order of man.com, uh, and, and get after it guys. So I

00:33:27.300 hope that helps. Hope that gives you some insight. I hope 2019 truly is your best year ever. And that

00:33:32.280 2018 was just a warmup. But if that's going to be the case, then, uh, you've got to do the work.

00:33:36.260 You've got to put in the effort. And a big part of that is making sure that you have your battle

00:33:39.340 plan done. This is how you create, how you craft and execute, uh, the perfect battle plan. So guys,

00:33:44.980 get out there, get after it. If you have any questions, let me know, uh, until next week,

00:33:48.640 take action and become the man you are meant to be. Thank you for listening to the order of man

00:33:53.820 podcast. You're ready to take charge of your life and be more of the man you were meant to be.

00:33:58.580 We invite you to join the order at order of man.com.

Order of Man - December 21, 2018

Craft and Execute the Perfect Battle Plan ｜ FRIDAY FIELD NOTES

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